Cellular Adaptations

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Atrophy

decrease in cell size

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Hypertrophy

increase in cell size

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Hyperplasia

increased number of cells

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Metaplasia

one mature cell type converting into another mature cell type

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Dysplasia

abnormal/irregular changing of size/shape of cell

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Cell death mechanisms

Apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy

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apoptosis

contolled, programmed cell death

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necrosis

uncontrolled cell death resulted by trauma

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autophagy

“self eating” recycling of contents of cell to combat stress